Hotels in New Haven, Indiana

A little about New Haven...

New Haven is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States. It is a suburb of Fort Wayne along the Maumee River. The population was 12,406 at the 2000 census.

New Haven is located at 41.067648, -85.021480.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.1 km² (8.2 mi²), all land.

New Haven was the westernmost point of prehistoric glacial Lake Maumee which was an extension of Lake Erie. The bed of Lake Maumee then became the Great Black Swamp which covered an area between New Haven and present day Toledo, Ohio. The route of the old Lincoln Highway east of New Haven follows the southern lakebank of glacial Lake Maumee, a notable geological feature.

The headquarters of Do it Best Corp. is located in New Haven. Do it Best Corp., a co-operative of hardware retailers, is one the largest corporations in Indiana. It was formerly known as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI).

Central States Grain, a large soybean and grain processor, has its operational headquarters in New Haven.

The oldest business in New Haven is the E. Harper & Son Funeral Home, Inc. It has been under the sole and continuous direction of the Harper family since 1889 and its predecessors date to 1872.

New Haven was platted by Henry Burgess, and was incorporated as a town under Indiana law in 1865. It became incorporated as a city in 1963.

Several homes built by the Burgess family remain in New Haven. A Burgess home on Summit Street is the oldest brick structure in Jefferson Township. Henry Burgess' son-in-law, E.W. Green built a large frame Greek Revival house on the hill above what is now Central Lutheran School. Another Burgess structure remains at the corner of Summit and Eben Streets.

The historic French settlement of Besancon is on the eastern edge of New Haven along the historic Lincoln Highway. The St. Louis Catholic Church at Besancon is on the National Register of Historic Places.